Other news ………..

Here is the BrightHope News letter – a mission partner of ours CLICK HERE

Here is the Delhi Bible Institute News – another mission partner CLICK HERE

And some news from Christian and Catherine Moreau in France Click Here

And some news from Richard and Nancye Yarrall in Los Angeles (read on for this)

Dear friends at The Anchor

Christmas time!  We had a good celebration with our Latino folk at church yesterday with carol singing, Christmas message, a few items and then some gifts for the children.  In recent weeks we have seen a few saved and there are about 5 or 6 who want to be baptised.

A newsletter we sent out last month highlighted our Colombian Workers’ Fund.  During the last few days we have received thank you notes from Colombians working in Bogotá, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga and even India thanking us for gifts received and for some, gifts coming at an opportune time.  These notes talk of Colombians being saved and baptized, assemblies growing and new buildings being rented or built.  The Lord is building His church in Colombia and it is wonderful to have a part in it with these workers.

Next year, 2010, the World Cup Soccer Championship will be played in South Africa.  Our colleague Pedro Dillon is already working on a souvenir evangelistic booklet to be published in both English and Spanish with our target group being Latinos in North America.  We will be involved in the follow-up for the offer of a free Emmaus Bible Course.

A big thank you for your continued fellowship and prayers.  Your gift of $400.00 was received a few days ago.  The gift is very much appreciated and we thank the Lord for it.

Merry Christmas.   With love in our Lord, Richard & Nancye Yarrall 

The latest news from Delhi Bible Institute

One Day Bible Camps

255 children attended the camps organized by Bible Ashram, Lucknow in four districts of Uttar Pradesh.  The gospel was shared with these children and the day included lessons, activities and games.

Social and Relief Initiatives
A stitching centre was launched in Bible Ashram, Lucknow and one in Shikarganj district of Uttar Pradesh.  These centres were started in order to help build bridges for the gospel among the poor.  Women in these places are being empowered with the teaching of a trade.

Buffaloes were purchased and given to four of our Church Associates to help them become self-supportive. 

Regional Bible Training
79 men and women were trained in the districts of Varanasi and Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh in the month of July.
 
Leadership Seminar
A two day seminar was held in Bible Ashram, Dehradun for the local leaders.  22 leaders trained.

Lucknow Strategic Church Resource Centre
After attaining a Ph.D I went around to find solutions to liberate myself and my people from social discrimination.  Even at the University level I had to face many challenges because of my low caste. I met Ramraj David, the Regional Director of the Bible Ashram, Lucknow, who himself was from a low caste.  With my growing acquaintance with the Church I realized that it is Christ alone who can liberate us.  To know more about the Lord I have joined the Christian Foundations Course in the Ashram.  I decided to obey the Lord in water baptism.      …..Dr. R A Gautam

For several years we worshipped idols in our home.  One day I heard that my son became a Christian and thus he was forced to leave home.  I was very sad.  However, after several years, my son returned and shared about the Lord Jesus Christ.  I did not trust Jesus because of the fear of society.  I continued worshipping the idols for thirteen years when I fell sick.  I was brought to the Bible Ashram in Lucknow for my diagnosis.  My son once again shared the gospel with me and I decided that I too would follow Jesus and be where my son would be when he dies.  I have peace and I want to obey the command of Jesus to get baptized.  ….Ram Kali, mother of Ramraj David, Regional Director, Bible Ashram Lucknow

Four people obeyed the Lord in water baptism on 22 July.   We trust the Lord for finances to build the centre in Lucknow.

Educational & Vocational Resource Centre, Chandauli 

The roof of the Centre has been laid.  The flooring and fixtures are yet to be done.  This building will enable the children to have uninterrupted classes as rain and sunshine usually affect the work.  It will also facilitate the development of vocational training in wood work, stitching, farming methods etc. and will be used as a place of worship every Sunday.

Freeset – A new building across the street (a Kolkata street) with opportunities to bring freedom to more women.

Rahab – Hello Geoff, Raymond and Terry and friends at The Anchor Church, it was nice to see us up on your website -thank you.

I thought I’d tell you the latest happenings and tempt you to come back next year! While the swine flu thing is on, we are not going into the Patpong Soi 1 bars, but to Soi 2 where there are open air bars and so less risk to everyone’s health. God is good as we are meeting new women, who we would not have been otherwise and just this week, the two Thai women on our outreach team were able to lead two women to God. One is a Mama-san so with God’s hand on her she could well have a great influence on others. We pray He reveals more of himself to her each day. 8th July was Rahab’s 20th birthday we celebrated with lots of food, fun and sharing of Rahab’s story – a wonderful day.

Bless you all for your ongoing support and encouragement to us – you are part of our team! Sarah and the Rahab family

Delhi Bible Institute – they have just run their summer Bible camps and had 795 kids as past of it, trained 137 people in the regional training programme in June, and 21 people were baptised

The highlights of the camps were:

• One on one sharing of the gospel with all children with 195 children committed their lives to the Lord Jesus
• 25 bus routes to bring children in Delhi and Dehradun
• 184 volunteers join hands to work in the three camps
• The wordless book, a simple tool to explain the gospel, consisting of six colours was used in every class.  Gold represents heaven, Black is our sin which disqualifies us from entering sin, Red is the blood of Christ which takes away our sin, White is our new heart cleansed by the blood of Jesus and Green represents spiritual growth as we read the Bible, pray and stay connected to a local church.  Each student was given a wordless book so that they could share the gospel with their families and friends
• The gospel shared with parents on the closing days of the camps

Praise God for the hundreds of children who were reached through the efforts in Lucknow, Punjab, Delhi and Dehradun.  Children in all the camps came from both high strata of society and the slums.